On the recordMay 19, 1856
We grant a fugitive slave law because it is so "nominated in the bond;" because our fathers so stipulated--had to--and we are bound to carry out this agreement.
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gutenberg.orgAbraham Lincoln: “We grant a fugitive slave law because it is so "nominated in the bond;" because our fathers so stipulated--had to--and…”
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Lincoln explains the constitutional obligation to uphold the Fugitive Slave Law, framing it as a necessary agreement from the nation's founding.
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